Rory McIlroy files for divorce from wife Erica after seven years of marriage
Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from his wife Erica Stoll ahead of this week’s PGA Championship.
The PGA Tour star filed divorce documents in Florida on Monday, according to TMZ Sports, seven years after they got married.
McIlory, 35, shares 3-year-old daughter Poppy with Stoll.
The four-time major winner was first romantically linked to Stoll in late 2014, months after he broke off his engagement with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.
They met two years prior at the Ryder Cup, where Stoll worked as a PGA transport official, according to People.
“Erica that week was always the one that was checking us in and out. She was there at transportation, so she was always in the car park over there (by the clubhouse),” McIlroy said in a 2019 interview, according to NBC Sports.
“But yeah, it’s still cool to look around and think about that week, and obviously everything that’s happened since then. It’s pretty cool.”
McIlroy married Stoll in a star-studded ceremony at Ashford Castle in Ireland in 2017, with Stevie Wonder, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin among those in attendance, according to E! News.
Stoll supported McIlroy at various events on the golf circuit, including last year’s Ryder Cup in Italy.
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Poppy, whom Stoll and McIlroy welcomed in 2020, also took part in the Par 3 Contest at the Masters in 2023.
McIlroy’s camp confirmed Monday to the Irish Independent a divorce has been filed and “they stressed Rory’s desire to ensure this difficult time is as respectful and amicable as possible.”
McIlroy “will not be making any further comment,” per the Irish Independent.
The news of McIlroy’s divorce comes days before the opening round of the PGA Championship, which begins Thursday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
McIlroy won the major in 2012 and ’14.
He is coming off a win at last weekend’s Wells Fargo Championship, where he finished at 17-under par.
